“Performance is another strong point of this appliance and its high expansion potential will allow it to keep ahead of demand. The N12910SAS is perfectly poised for SMBs that want basic, hard-performing network storage services and with a starting price of under $4K, it’s impossible to beat for value.”

Features

PLEX Media Center
The Plex Media Server is both the heart and brains for any digital media system. The free server is a module available on the Thecus® App Center that allows you to set up and manage your media. With the Plex Media Server installed on your Thecus® NAS, various devices on your network (such as your Xbox 360 and mobile devices) can connect to and stream your local and online media.

Snapshot Backup
With BTRFS support, Thecus NAS users can enjoy the simplicity of snapshot backups. Through BTRFS subvolumes, snapshots of data at various time points can be manually or automatically made and just as easily later restored to rollback files or folders to previous states.

Disk Clone and Wipe
Disk Clone allows users to copy the entire contents of a disk to one or many other disks while Disk Wipe allows for permanent volume data destruction.

VPN Server
A VPN Server allows users to remotely access a secure network. with VPNs, businesses will be able to utilize a cost-effective, scalable and secured network infrastructure for its client base.

10GbE Ready
High-end data centers often need a level of speed that today’s average Internet cannot provide. This Thecus NAS is 10Gb Ethernet ready to satisfy the toughest needs of today and tomorrow.

USB 3.0 Connectivity
The next generation of connectivity is here with speeds 10x faster than USB 2.0. Whether connecting digital cameras and smart phones, backing up large external hard drives, or extending the capacity of your NAS, USB 3.0 will make sure it's done in no time at up to 5 Gbit/s. Backwards compatibility adds the connectivity of a world full of USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices to get the best combination of speed and universal access.

Acronis True Image
Thecus brings the best to the table with Acronis’s advanced backup software. Back up all your data with One-click Protection or pick and choose only your most important files. Acronis sports a slick interface, user-friendly design, and comprehensive features to keep your data safe.

Multiple RAID
When it comes to data management, Thecus NAS truly let you have it your way. Create multiple RAID volumes each supporting different RAID modes including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10,50, 60 and JBOD for your own balance of performance and data protection. Should a hard drive malfunction occur, changing one is simple thanks to online RAID migration and expansion, hot spare, and auto rebuild.

Multiple File Systems
Support for multiple file systems including EXT4, Btrfs and XFS, gives Thecus NAS flexibility to handle many different types of environments. Users can simultaneously use different file systems across multiple RAID volumes to get the best of each one.

iSCSI Thin-Provisioning
Get the most out of your storage space with the extreme speed of iSCSI and the efficiency of iSCSI thin provisioning. Connect through iSCSI for the fastest data transfer speeds available and make wasted disk space a thing of the past with thin provisioning's flexible storage functionality.

iOS/Android Connectivity
In the modern world, nothing is as important as reaching your data from anywhere. With T-OnTheGo , you can manage your NAS, and upload to and download/stream from your NAS using an iOS or Android device on the go.

Rsync
Backing up your data is very necessary, and everyone has specific needs when it comes to storage. Thecus’s Rsync functionality gives users great flexibility with remote backup capability, a flexible scheduler, and the stability of Linux-based transfer.

User Quota
Divide the massive storage of a Thecus NAS among multiple users. Whether there are two users or 100, user quotas make it easy to divvy up and manage disk space.

PCI-e slot
Thecus NAS products are ready for a number of emerging technologies. Through the built in PCI-e slot, business users can add a 10G Ethernet Adaptor for lighting fast transfer speeds, or a USB 3.0 Adaptor Card to enjoy next-generation connectivity.

“With the launch of the N12910SAS and N16910SAS, Thecus powerfully delivers a storage solution that can expertly cater to business environments that deal with demanding data workloads. Their next generation hardware allows businesses to access their business critical data faster and with greater reliability for optimal data storage performance. ”said Florence Shih, General Manager of Thecus Technology Corp.

The N12910SAS and N16910SAS are equipped with the Intel® Skylake Xeon E3-1245 v5 3.5G Hz quad-core Processor, with 16GB (expandable to 64GB) of next generation DDR4 ECC RAM. DDR4 brings even higher performance with migration to higher speed, more robust control features while improving energy economy with reduction in memory power demand.

With native support for SAS drives, users can experience the superior HDD performance of 12G. The units also deploy Daisy Chaining technology which offers connections of up to four additional D16000s, allowing users to reach storage capacities of up to 800TB.

The NAS run on the latest ThecusOS 7.0, providing an optimized, feature-rich platform with an intuitive user interface and easy navigation. Key new features include Photo Center, Thecus App Center and File Center. ThecusOS 7.0 delivers significant advancements in productivity, flexibility, and performance.

The N12910SAS and N16910SAS from Thecus® are purposely designed to meet the demanding needs of businesses working with big data. With their accelerated processing power, they provide enterprises with a robust, ultra-fast, highly scalable and reliable storage solution. These industrial-grade rackmount NAS further deliver on Thecus' ethos of ‘empowering professionals'.

Availability: Units will be ready to be shipped at the end of October.